The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-27


study of the manner of death at the great fire
| than in the interior of a burning theatre. Many
| victims are frightened to death and the blood
| rIlshes to the heart Others die from asphyxia
| due to carbonic acid.
| THE Philadelphia Crematory Association has
| decided on plans for its crematory building,
which will be 5796 feet in size 81 feet in height,
| and consists of a crematory chamber and over
| that a chapel The latter will be 80 feet square
| and 90 feet high. Brick, Ohio sandstone and
| iron will be the principal materials used.
THE Future, a publication that prognosticated
the weather two years in advance is now a
thing of the past The editor pathetically re-
| marks in the valedictory number that those
| who did not consider him a weather-guesser
| thought he was crank, and as bis time is worth
| $40 per day be doesn't propose to waste it upon
| lot of idiots
THE new opera house at Shepherd, Mich,
| was opened to the public few nights since, and
| the people of that town were surprised at the
| notices that adorned the place. In the centre
| of the stage are the words I'm God we trust ="
| The proscenium reveals the words, IAN the
| world is a stage of action on which we should
| prepare for the eternal world" Over the
| entrance the visitor reads, Jesus saith am
| the door-by Ne if any man enter he shall be
| saved"
Mr.. BEEcHER always wore a soft fur hat with
| wide brim. He never varied the style to any
| great extent. One day he went into store in
| Brooklyn and found new style of hat. He
| tried one on and said: This will do send me
| home six of them There is no use buying one
| hat at time" The hats were sent, with the
| bill When Mr.. Beecher's frugal wife received
| the bill and the package she Immediately
| turned five of the hats and asked for a correct
| ed bill.
| The word platform" when used for the pro-
gramme of political party, is often classed as
an Amercanism, but it is really revival of a
use of the word that was very common in Eng
lish literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, though less common, perhaps, as
noun than verb, meaning to lay down princi-
Piles. For instance: Milton, in his Reason of
Church Government" says that some do not
think it for the ease of their inconsequent opin-
ions to grant that church discipline y plat
formed in the Bible, but that it is left for the
discretion of men,"
THE other day young man in the suburbs of
Paris saved the life of young woman who was
trying to drown herself. When a reward was
offered to him for his brave act he refused it,
saying that he had loved the young woman
whose life he had saved and wished her hand as
his reward. The young woman refused him,
however, because she was in love with another
young man. whose failure to return her love
had made her determined to take her life. At
last accounts the young woman was still bent
upon killing herself and her preserver was
thinking of following her example because she
would not love him.
OLIVE LOGAN has never identified herself with
the woman suffrage movement. But" she
says, 81 have kept myself for years in touch
with women, and they are taking such place in
modern activity that it is hard to see how that
single distinction on account of sex can be main
tanned much longer. l can remember when
Margaret Fuller's. Let them be sea captains if
they will was too absurd even to laugh at; but
two women have become captains within the
and has fasr
this past month. The inconceivable has turned
into the actual. People laughed at Lincoln for
years They have almost stopped laughing at
Lucy Stone and Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony
now; they may reverence them, too, by and
by"
THE late James Grant. the novelist, was form
erly very popular in Edinburgh Whenever his
magnificent face with its black mustache, al
most novelty in those days, was seen in Prince
street, the passer-by nudged each other with
awe and said, ''There goes the Black Ora
goon'" Mrs. Grant in those days was one of
three sisters who were all very fine and large"
They were present at all the social functions in
the Scottish capital. 1t was a standing joke
that it was not safe to invite TO any one house
more than two of these ladies at one time on
account of their great weight. Mrs. Grant on
festive occasions was wont to appear in gorgeous
garments of yellow, and Mr.. James Grants
yellow Frigate' was then extremely popular
with the rising generation, the novelist and his
wife being generally alluded to as the BLACK
Dragon" and the yellow Frigate."
LESLIE, in his "reminiscences relates that
forty nine years ago, at the time of her corona
tion Queen Victoria had pet spaniel which
always was on the lookout for her return when
she was away from home On the day of her
coronation her majesty had, of course, been
separated from her pet longer than usual, and
when the state coach drove up to the palace
steps she heard him barking joyously in the hall
and exclaimed: There's Dash" and was in a
hurry to doff her crown and royal robe and go
and give Dash his bath. II don't know why"
said Leslie, but the first sight of her in her
robes of state brought tears into my eyes, and
it had this effect upon many people; she looked
almost like a child" Thomas Campbell the
poet, who was present, said in his application
for a ticket TO the Earl Marshal that There
was place in the Abbey called Poets Corner
ana perhaps room might be found in it for a
poor living poet"
AT a recent performance of an Italian version
of Macbeth" at Rome, the principal roles were
taken by Ristori and Ross correspondent
writes regarding Ristori: st is at most once a
year, and only for some charitable object. that
the Marchesa dell Grille leaves her aristocratic
salon to appear on the stage as Ristori And
the magic of her name, whose fame once filed
the Old World and the New, is stiIl so great that
the house would be sold out were the actress of
40 TO appear as Juliet And we cannot find
fault with the attitude of the Roman public
her achievements are still interesting. Her
movements are GRACEFUL ana noble, her gait
easy and elastic; her hoarse voice never fails 10
mark the tones OF horror, anger, madness, and
II is amazing to see with what certainty she
commands the remnants of her art But to the
heart these tones do not speak, because they do
not come from the heart any more. 1t is from
her memory that the artist reconstructs her
roles, and not from her feelings"
In addition to the two large islands recently
discovered in the Pacific ocean, third has lust
been discovered lying less than one hundred
miles from the northern coast of New Guinea.
It has been named Allison Island, is nearly
three miles long, rises from 100 TO $50 feet above
the sea, and has abundant timber Several
stretches OF fertile and inhabited land some Of
them much larger than Allison Island have
been found within few years at a distance Of oco
or 300 miles from the New Guinea coast and
similar discoveries are made once i'm awhile IN
various parts Of the Pacific Althoucb the
maps of the Pacific ocean are studded with
islands which appear TO be lying close together
vessels may sail among these islands for weeks
together without coming in sight of land "a
vast is the waste of waters that not LONG ae,o a
crew which had been shipwrecked In the great
island region of the Pacific rowed nearly Forty
days before they reached Hawaii the nearest
land A. r. Wallace who has travelled widely
In the Pacific, has expressed the opinion that
there are still good many islands which have
never yet been seen by white men Now and
then Pacific trader finds some new or iittle
known island, and opens trade. with lis nbabi
tants When the Woodlark Islands were a~,
DlOrpd some time aOO ~ tyoo f.,...a 49,. -